Price for Front brake pads
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Anybody have the latest information on Brake Pads. Last post seems almost 2+ years old.
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Check Autoplicity out for Hawk High Performance Street Brake Pads - HB616F.607 Carbon Ceramic, I just put these on my fronts with rotars from RockAuto and they are excellent. The car is not tracked but the bite feels the same to me and 80% less dust. Everything installed was about $500
those are Ceramic pads but NOT "Carbon ceramic" ....... that refers to pads/rotors that run about $15-25K......
Does this seem like a good deal to everyone?
http://is.sewellparts.com/accessories-catalog/service/ISF-2008-364.html
http://is.sewellparts.com/accessories-catalog/service/ISF-2008-364.html
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Thanks ERDoc a bit of a typo there I will try to be more carefull next. In any event the breaks are great and there is virtually no dust! This is definitly the route I will go in the future as well unless something better comes up.
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I am getting stoptech everything, from Sonic Motorsport here in Bay Area. It is going to cost 1400$ roughly for all the 4 rotors/pad and new lines. I will update the forum on the new brake performance once I get the work done.
Another thing, is that they can pain the rotors with any color I want and put a sticker of my choice, but they are asking for 150$ per rotor, anyone has any opinion on it. If I get the red color and Brembo written on it, is it worth paying 600$ for it?
There was also an option of Big BRake Kit, but was running close to 6k and I went against it, since the delta gain will be only on the track and was not worth for the daily driving.
Ash
I am getting stoptech everything, from Sonic Motorsport here in Bay Area. It is going to cost 1400$ roughly for all the 4 rotors/pad and new lines. I will update the forum on the new brake performance once I get the work done.
Another thing, is that they can pain the rotors with any color I want and put a sticker of my choice, but they are asking for 150$ per rotor, anyone has any opinion on it. If I get the red color and Brembo written on it, is it worth paying 600$ for it?
There was also an option of Big BRake Kit, but was running close to 6k and I went against it, since the delta gain will be only on the track and was not worth for the daily driving.
Ash
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No parts.com has it cheaper
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Find out exactly who makes the rotor..........
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DBA (Disc Brakes Australia) makes very good rotors. I asked them about ISF rotors from future owner point of view and they were not making them, but it has been a while, might be worth to check with them.
StopTech and AP Racing are 2 other big names in brakes.
I would carefully consider ceramic pads, surely they make a lot less dust, but they also don't bite as hard.
I tried the Hawk ceramic pad vs. Hawk HPS pads on my current vehicle, it's HPS all the way. They will squeal after a while, but only under certain conditions.
Slotted rotors are another thing to consider vs. cross drilled. I had a neighbor with a Dinan S3-R (that's a supercharged E46, fully built) who went with the Brembo GT package once, and said the rotors cracked. (mind you, he drove the car daily at some very serious speeds)
Lastly, If you really love your wheels, take them off once a year and detail them by hand. (and also the wheel wells)
StopTech and AP Racing are 2 other big names in brakes.
I would carefully consider ceramic pads, surely they make a lot less dust, but they also don't bite as hard.
I tried the Hawk ceramic pad vs. Hawk HPS pads on my current vehicle, it's HPS all the way. They will squeal after a while, but only under certain conditions.
Slotted rotors are another thing to consider vs. cross drilled. I had a neighbor with a Dinan S3-R (that's a supercharged E46, fully built) who went with the Brembo GT package once, and said the rotors cracked. (mind you, he drove the car daily at some very serious speeds)
Lastly, If you really love your wheels, take them off once a year and detail them by hand.
(and also the wheel wells)I painted them myself, as the OEM black clear coat was starting to peel.
Custom vinyl logo's were $5.00 each and G2 paint kit was $50.00 - I painted them on the car and it took 1 day, including cleaning, prep work, taping and multiple coats.
...and the satisfaction of doing it myself without a huge chunk of money going out of my pocket.
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Digger, you did a nice job. I've contemplating doing this to mine by my finish looks great.
Don't put on wearever front brake pads, they so and don't wast no money!!!! Only on ideas on a a very good foot set of front pads? That will still on a dime. Please [email protected]. Any help. We help me me. Out. Thanks. Lexus FAMILY ..,,,,
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